Marbendill — Black Yoke Sweater Knitting Pattern

Marbendill — a merman, a being that lives in the sea; “a colorful loner”, as the pattern puts it. Védís Jónsdóttir’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 43 is knitted with one strand of Plötulopi and one of Einband held together: black for the ground, and ash Plötulopi with sky blue, lime, crimson or orange Einband for the pattern. Every pattern stitch is purled, so the colours sit as purl bumps on the smooth black knitting. The yoke has bands of all four colours around large black diamond shapes, with a small check band above each cuff. Sizes XS to 2XL, each with a shorter and a longer body and sleeve. All seven colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Sizes XS, S, M, L, XL and 2XL, each with a shorter and a longer body and sleeve
• Two charts — the sleeve band and the yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and all the yarn: the Marbendill kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Plötulopi — 100 g plates · sizes XS (S M L XL 2XL) · A is knitted together with C, and B with D, E, F or G
A 2024 black cosmos — 3 (3 3 3 4 4)
B 1026 ash — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)

Einband — 50 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL 2XL)
C 0059 black — 4 (4 4 4 5 5)
D 9281 sky blue — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
E 9268 lime — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
F 0047 crimson — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)
G 1766 orange — 1 (1 1 1 1 1)

Sizes

Gauge
15 sts × 20 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 5.5 mm needles, with 1-ply Plötulopi and Einband knitted together.

Needles
5.5 mm (US 9) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4.5 mm (US 7) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body rib and the neckband
4.5 mm (US 7) and 5.5 mm (US 9) double-pointed needles for the sleeves — 4.5 mm for the cuffs

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches, stitch markers and a tapestry needle for grafting and weaving in — the instructions use them, but the pattern’s list leaves them out.

How it is knitted
Knitted in the round from the bottom up, with one strand of Plötulopi and one of Einband held together: black cosmos and black (A+C) for the ground, and ash Plötulopi (B) with sky blue, lime, crimson or orange Einband for the pattern. The body is cast on on the 4.5 mm circular, worked in 3 cm of K1, P1 rib and then plain on 5.5 mm, with no shaping, to 35 (36, 37, 38, 39, 40) cm for the shorter length or 40 (41, 42, 43, 44, 45) cm for the longer. The sleeves start with 3 cm of rib on 4.5 mm double-pointed needles, then a 10-round check band from chart 1 on 5.5 mm, and are increased — evenly in the first chart round, by 1 stitch in the first round after the chart, then at the underarm — to 55 (57, 61, 63, 65, 67) stitches. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke: a 48-round chart with seven decrease rounds, from 210 (220, 230, 240, 250, 260) stitches to 63 (66, 69, 72, 75, 78); the smaller sizes leave out marked rounds. In both charts every coloured stitch is purled. The neckband is K1, P1 rib on 4.5 mm, raised at the back with three pairs of short rows (wrap and turn), worked until it measures 4 cm at the front and bound off loosely. The underarms are grafted.

Design: Védís Jónsdóttir — pattern from Lopi No. 43 (no. 1), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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